ACTivating your supervision
Become a more effective ACT supervisor
Are you an ACT clinician looking to build your knowledge and skills in ACT Supervision?
Have you considered offering supervision but weren’t sure where to start?
In this workshop, ACT Supervisors Sally Bradley and Jim Lucas will teach you how to deliver an ACT-consistent approach to supervision and consultancy.
You will learn the SEED four-phase ACT supervision model, which builds on existing supervision research in contextual behavioural science (CBS) to support the growth of ACT knowledge and skills.
You’ll discover how to:
- Create a SAFE and supportive learning environment.
- EXPLORE functional analysis to guide interventions.
- Apply EXPERIENTIAL methods.
- Implement DELIBERATE practice through skills development plans to help ACT practitioners build their competencies.
The trainers aim to give you a clearer understanding of how to deliver ACT consistent supervision. You can expect an experiential approach that mirrors the application of ACT therapy. They’ll help you think about your client’s context and invite you to observe and reflect on your context and how it impacts the therapeutic and supervisor relationships.
Over two consecutive sessions, you’ll explore the supervisory process through demonstrations, group exercises and personal reflection. You’ll practice shaping psychological flexibility so that you feel ready to begin offering ACT supervision.
Following completion, you will have a straightforward process for helping clinicians build their competencies, so you can continue your journey toward becoming a more effective ACT Supervisor.
Who would benefit from this workshop?
- ACT Practitioners with more than two years of experience who want to improve their knowledge and skills to deliver ACT-consistent supervision
- Practitioners seeking a workshop that, through experiential learning, aims to build their supervision competence
- Practitioners who have supervisory responsibilities
- Practitioners who want to start offering consultancy/supervision soon
The workshop is unsuitable for practitioners without applied knowledge of ACT
Bonus content
- Companion eBook ACTivating your Supervision.
- Four weekly focused emails will be sent after the completion of the course. Each email will recap and build on knowledge and skills introduced and further invite delegates through practical exercises to deliberately develop their supervisor skills incrementally.
About the Trainers
Dr. Sally Bradley is a highly experienced Clinical Psychologist working privately in the UK who still finds these bio’s hard to write! Being passionate and authentic, she genuinely aims to model the model as a clinician, supervisor and trainer to create a safe, supportive space to learn and develop. Specialising in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), she works clinically with individuals across the lifespan. Most of her practice now involves supervising people working in the NHS, private healthcare and education settings, at all stages of their chosen career, nationally and internationally.
Jim Lucas lives and works in Birmingham, UK. He has taught 1000s of practitioners how to integrate ACT into their therapeutic toolkit (after thinking, “I’ll never be as good as my teachers.” Jim is an ACBS peer-reviewed ACT Trainer, and he runs an online community that brings together practitioners who want to become highly skilled in the ACT approach. He spends many hours facilitating ACT supervision and is writing an eBook with Sally for practitioners who wish to become ACT Supervisors.
Sally and Jim met in an ACT peer consultation group and have worked together on several projects, usually about ACT supervision. They’ve delivered skills classes at ACBS conferences, and here they are again, running this workshop. They are delighted to have the opportunity to work with you.
Group booking discounts
Contextual Consulting offer discounts for groups of people from the same organisation e.g. an NHS Trust that does not have a contract arrangement with us.
Please email us here to arrange a group discount or find out more about our CPD contracts here.
APA psychologists: This program is sponsored by Contextual Consulting and is approved for 6 CE credits for psychologists.
Nationally certified counselors: This workshop is available for 6 credit hours. Contextual Consulting Ltd. has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7578.
To find out more, including attendance requirements and how to access your certificate, go to our continuing education information page.